河馬

See also: 河马

Chinese

	river	horse; surname
trad. (河馬)	河	馬
simp. (河马)	河	马
anagram	馬河／马河

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hémǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): ho⁴ maa⁵

(Taishan, Wiktionary): ho³ ma⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hò-mâ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hô-bé / hô-bée
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶wu-mo

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hémǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄜˊ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hémǎ
  - Wade–Giles: ho²-ma³
  - Yale: hé-mǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hermaa
  - Palladius: хэма (xɛma)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɤ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
    [Show/Hide]
    ^edit
    ^edit
    河馬 / 河马
    荷馬 / 荷马
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: ho⁴ maa⁵
  - Yale: hòh máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ho⁴ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: ho⁴ ma⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː²¹ maː¹³/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    河馬 / 河马
    荷馬 / 荷马
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: ho³ ma⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hᵘɔ²² ᵐba²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hò-mâ
  - Hakka Romanization System: ho^ˇ ma^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ho² ma¹
  - Sinological IPA: /ho¹¹ ma²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-bé
  - Tâi-lô: hô-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoi'bea
  - IPA (Singapore): /ho²⁴⁻²¹ be⁴²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ho²⁴⁻¹¹ be⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ho²⁴⁻²² be⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɤ²³⁻³³ be⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hô-bée
  - Tâi-lô: hô-bée
  - IPA (Penang): /ho²³⁻²¹ bɛ⁴⁴⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶wu-mo
  - MiniDict: wu^去 mo
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhu-mo
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦu²² mo⁴⁴/

Noun

河馬

hippopotamus; hippo

Derived terms

倭河馬 / 倭河马 (wōhémǎ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (河馬):

→ Korean: 하마(河馬) (hama)
→ Vietnamese: hà mã (河馬)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
河	馬
か Grade: 5	ば Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of Dutch revierpaard, obsolete form of rivierpaard (literally “river horse”), attested in the Doeff-Halma Dictionary, mainly edited in 1816-1817 and published in 1833 (scan available here).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かば [káꜜbà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ba̠]

Noun

河(か)馬(ば) or 河馬(カバ) • (kaba)

a hippopotamus

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カバ (kaba).

Derived terms

コビトカバ (kobitokaba, “pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)”)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
河	馬

Noun

河馬 • (hama) (hangeul 하마)

hanja form^? of 하마 (“hippopotamus”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
河	馬

Noun

河馬

chữ Hán form of hà mã (“hippopotamus”)

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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